The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement System: properties, applications, and interpretation.

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Published in Health Qual Life Outcomes on December 16, 2003

Authors

Kimberly Webster1, David Cella, Kathleen Yost

Author Affiliations

1: Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, Illinois, United States. k-webster@northwestern.edu

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